During a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the TNI on Monday, Jokowi said the military transformation should be directed toward enabling the armed forces to respond to nonconventional and transnational threats, while keeping the pace with state-of-the-art armaments.

“Following the Reform Era, the TNI has embarked on various organizational transformations to ensure it is able to deliver apt support for the needs of democratic consolidation and to adapt to potential threats during the post-Cold War era," Jokowi said during a ceremony at the State Palace.

"Such transformations should be backed by technological advancement as well as transformations of the personnel that control [armaments]," he went on to say.

Vice President Ma'ruf Amin, TNI commander Air Chief Marshal Hadi Tjahjanto and a few high-ranking officials attended the ceremony on Monday, which was held with limited attendance and with health protocols enforced due to the pandemic.

During the event, the President also had a virtual engagement with military personnel stationed in various locations, including those deployed at the COVID-19 hospital on Galang Island in Riau, those on guard at the outer border of North Natuna waters and those in the peacekeeping forces in the Republic of the Congo in Central Africa.

In his speech, Jokowi further asserted that advanced military technology was needed to equip the armed forces with strategies and tactics to anticipate wars that may erupt at any time in the future.

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